Ting River Contaminated with Copper Acid

(Beijing) – Wastewater from a Zijinshan Copper Mine smelting plant leaked copper acid into the nearby Ting River in Shanghang county of Fujian Province on July 3, resulting in the poisoning of 1,890 tons of fish and massive economic losses for local fishermen.

Zijin Mining delayed the disclosure of incident to the public until July 13, which brought widespread criticism. The company announced that about 9,100 cubic meters of wastewater containing copper acid flowed into the Ting River around the plant. Zijin Mining suspended the trading of its H-shares on July 12.